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. 2023 Oct 7:33:100479.
doi: 10.1016/j.ensci.2023.100479. eCollection 2023 Dec.

Nitrous oxide myelopathy: A pernicious contrast enhancement

Yachar Dawudi  1 , Evangelia Pappa  1 , Karolina Hankiewicz  1 , Thomas De Broucker  1 , Mickael Bonnan  1
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Nitrous oxide myelopathy: A pernicious contrast enhancement

Yachar Dawudi et al. eNeurologicalSci. .
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Keywords: Contrast enhancement; Myelopathy; Nitrous oxide abuse.

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Spinal cord MRI of a 20-year-old woman with a history of massive N2O abuse who presented a sensory and motor impairment of the four limbs. T2-weighted image of the cervical cord at the axial level C2–6 shows an increased intensity of the posterior columns, predominating in the fasciculus gracilis (inverted V-sign, not shown). T1-weighted contrast-enhanced sagittal image shows a linear uptake of the lesion (upper image). The axial image supports the involvement of the fasciculus gracilis, while the fasciculus cuneatus at the posterior midline remains normal (lower inset).
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